Zixu Mao, MD, Phd, is a professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Mao is a member of the Cell and Molecular Biology Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
Education
Dr. Mao earned his PhD from Duke University and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School.
Titles & Roles
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
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Duszenko, CL Edelstein, AL Edinger, G Egea, L Eichinger, NT Eissa, S Ekmekcioglu, WS El-Deiry, Z Elazar, M Elgendy, LM Ellerby, KE Eng, AM Engelbrecht, S Engelender, J Erenpreisa, R Escalante, A Esclatine, EL Eskelinen, L Espert, V Espina, H Fan, J Fan, QW Fan, Z Fan, S Fang, Y Fang, M Fanto, A Fanzani, T Farkas, JC Farré, M Faure, M Fechheimer, CG Feng, J Feng, Q Feng, Y Feng, L Fésüs, R Feuer, ME Figueiredo-Pereira, GM Fimia, DC Fingar, S Finkbeiner, T Finkel, KD Finley, F Fiorito, EA Fisher, PB Fisher, M Flajolet, ML Florez-McClure, S Florio, EA Fon, F Fornai, F Fortunato, R Fotedar, DH Fowler, HS Fox, R Franco, LB Frankel, M Fransen, JM Fuentes, J Fueyo, J Fujii, K Fujisaki, E Fujita, M Fukuda, RH Furukawa, M Gaestel, P Gailly, M Gajewska, B Galliot, V Galy, S Ganesh, B Ganetzky, IG Ganley, FB Gao, GF Gao, J Gao, L Garcia, G Garcia-Manero, M Garcia-Marcos, M Garmyn, AL Gartel, E Gatti, M Gautel, TR Gawriluk, ME Gegg, J Geng, M Germain, JE Gestwicki, DA Gewirtz, S Ghavami, P Ghosh, 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Lin, JD Lin, K Lin, WW Lin, WC Lin, YL Lin, R Linden, P Lingor, J Lippincott-Schwartz, MP Lisanti, PB Liton, B Liu, CF Liu, K Liu, L Liu, QA Liu, W Liu, YC Liu, Y Liu, RA Lockshin, CN Lok, S Lonial, B Loos, G Lopez-Berestein, C López-Otín, L Lossi, MT Lotze, P Lőw, B Lu, B Lu, B Lu, Z Lu, F Luciano, NW Lukacs, AH Lund, MA Lynch-Day, Y Ma, F Macian, JP MacKeigan, KF Macleod, F Madeo, L Maiuri, MC Maiuri, D Malagoli, MC Malicdan, W Malorni, N Man, EM Mandelkow, S Manon, I Manov, K Mao, X Mao, Z Mao, P Marambaud, D Marazziti, YL Marcel, K Marchbank, P Marchetti, SJ Marciniak, M Marcondes, M Mardi, G Marfe, G Mariño, M Markaki, MR Marten, SJ Martin, C Martinand-Mari, W Martinet, M Martinez-Vicente, M Masini, P Matarrese, S Matsuo, R Matteoni, A Mayer, NM Mazure, DJ McConkey, MJ McConnell, C McDermott, C McDonald, GM McInerney, SL McKenna, B McLaughlin, PJ McLean, CR McMaster, GA McQuibban, AJ Meijer, MH Meisler, A Meléndez, TJ Melia, G Melino, MA Mena, JA Menendez, RF Menna-Barreto, MB 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JW Wiley, S Wilkinson, D Willbold, RL Williams, PR Williamson, BG Wouters, C Wu, DC Wu, WK Wu, A Wyttenbach, RJ Xavier, Z Xi, P Xia, G Xiao, Z Xie, Z Xie, DZ Xu, J Xu, L Xu, X Xu, A Yamamoto, A Yamamoto, S Yamashina, M Yamashita, X Yan, M Yanagida, DS Yang, E Yang, JM Yang, SY Yang, W Yang, WY Yang, Z Yang, MC Yao, TP Yao, B Yeganeh, WL Yen, JJ Yin, XM Yin, OJ Yoo, G Yoon, SY Yoon, T Yorimitsu, Y Yoshikawa, T Yoshimori, K Yoshimoto, HJ You, RJ Youle, A Younes, L Yu, L Yu, SW Yu, WH Yu, ZM Yuan, Z Yue, CH Yun, M Yuzaki, O Zabirnyk, E Silva-Zacarin, D Zacks, E Zacksenhaus, N Zaffaroni, Z Zakeri, HJ Zeh, SO Zeitlin, H Zhang, HL Zhang, J Zhang, JP Zhang, L Zhang, L Zhang, MY Zhang, XD Zhang, M Zhao, YF Zhao, Y Zhao, ZJ Zhao, X Zheng, B Zhivotovsky, Q Zhong, CZ Zhou, C Zhu, WG Zhu, XF Zhu, X Zhu, Y Zhu, T Zoladek, WX Zong, A Zorzano, J Zschocke, B Zuckerbraun
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
R Liu, B Tian, M Gearing, S Hunter, K Ye, Z Mao
05/27/2008
Awards
In 2015, Dr. Mao was named to the MilliPub Club, which recognizes current Emory faculty who have published one or more individual papers throughout their careers that have garnered more than 1,000 citations.